Illinois

When World War II ended, Americans celebrated a military victory abroad, but the meaning of peace at home was yet to be defined. From roughly 1943 onward, building a postwar …

Inside...but Out! encapsulates the personal experiences of Eric Clemons, who grew up in inner-city Chicago, Illinois, and found his way into the upper echelon of network and …

Shock Cities is environmental history of the highest order. This searching work is the first trans-Atlantic study to examine the industrial city in holistic terms, looking at the …

As battles over school desegregation helped define a generation of civil rights activism in the United States, a less heralded yet equally important movement emerged in Chicago. …

Troubled urban neighborhoods and jazz-club havens were the backdrop of Gerald Majer's life growing up in sixties and seventies Chicago. The Velvet Lounge, an original hybrid of …

From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy Citys quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating …

A compelling history of the 1846 Mormon expulsion from Illinois that exemplifies the limits of American democracy and religious tolerance.When members of the Church of Jesus Christ …

In this unprecedented narrative, black rights activist Reggie Brown tells an extraordinary tale of community building and resistance in southern Illinois. Brown begins with his …

This book, first published in 1996, examines an important developmental transition: the formation of identity, as well as the influence that having a well-developed identity may …

"e;Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy."e;-Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by a storied group of …